The Good Life EDU Podcast Andrew Easton

This week's episode featuring Trevor Goertzen from SchoolAI kicks off a series of upcoming episodes previewing sessions at this year's Future Ready Nebraska Conference. Trevor is joined by Eileen Heller of ESU 3 and Dr. Nicholas Ziegler of ESU 5 for a conversation highlighting the "spaces" feature within SchoolAI where educators can create a safe and student-friendly AI chatbot interaction for learners. In this episode, Trevor explains the power and potential impact of SchoolAI spaces, and Eileen and Nick share their experiences and examples in leveraging this tool in support of UDL, distance learning, and more.To learn more about SchoolAI, visit schoolai.com/ (schoolai.com/)For more info and to register for the Future Ready Nebraska Conference, visit nefutureready.com (nefutureready.com)It's FREE and we hope to see you there in-person or virtually on June 10th-11th, 2024.

This week, K.K. Neimann, National Director of District & Strategic Initiatives at World Savvy, joins us for an episode on education innovation and how World Savvy utilizes multi-year partnerships with schools and educators to help them create inclusive, adaptive, and future-ready learning environments. On the pod, we discuss global competencies, ideas for fostering teacher empowerment, and how to enhance our support of students as they develop the skills and dispositions they need to thrive in their community and careers.To learn more about World Savvy, visit https://worldsavvy.org/ (https://worldsavvy.org/)

In this episode, Dani Potter (B-FIT Coordinator) and Cassie Houser (Behavior Specialist) of ESU 4 join us to share their commitment and work in support of students with behavior needs. Our conversation illustrates how Cassie and Dani's roles differ but work in tandem to ensure that not only the student but also those supporting the student(s) have the strategies, communication, and input needed to have a positive impact.To learn more about ESU 4, visit https://www.esu4.org/ (https://www.esu4.org/)To learn more from ESU 4's Behavior Bites and Newsletter, visit https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057413861341 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057413861341)

This episode picks up the conversation from a previous episode that told the backstory behind the purchase and distribution of robotics solutions across K-12 schools in Nebraska. On the pod, Dr. Josh Snyder and Mr. Erik Emerson of Wahoo Public Schools share the story of the devices their district received and how they are introducing products such as Bee-Bots, Tello EDU drones, and the Tetrix Prime robot to students in Wahoo schools. We are also joined once again by Pitsco's regional representative, Preston Fraizer, whose outstanding support both in-person and online has ensured easy onboarding for educators and implementation success statewide.For more on the ESUCC+Pitsco Robotics purchase and related resources, visit https://resources.pitsco.com/ne-geer-up-program (https://resources.pitsco.com/ne-geer-up-program)

Dr. Paul Darvasi is back for his annual episode on all things serious play and learning! In this episode, Paul explains his new role as the Executive Director of the Serious Play Conference and how innovation so often comes from utilizing ideas and techniques from one domain in a new or different context. We also delve into educators as learning experience designers, and how viewing an educator's work from that lens has been transformative to his work with teachers and with his company, Gold Bug Interactive.To learn more about the Serious Play Conference, visit https://seriousplayconf.com/ (https://seriousplayconf.com/)To learn more about Gold Bug Interactive, visit https://www.goldbuginteractive.com/ (https://www.goldbuginteractive.com/)Paul recommends James Paul Gee's What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

In this episode, Superintendent Brian Rottinghaus, 4th Grade teacher Aeden Ghyra, and 5th Grade teacher Hadley Sejkora share Pawnee City School's transformative approach to math education. Together with Tara Gossman of ESU 4, this great collection of educators detail the implementation and impact of Eureka Math, highlighting how it has not only accelerated learning but also enhanced students' understanding and retention of math concepts. This group, with the support of NDE and Instruction Partners, illustrates how coherence led to a new standard for educational excellence in math in Pawnee City.Visit the Pawnee City Public Schools Site: https://www.pawneecityschool.com/ (https://www.pawneecityschool.com/)Visit the Nebraska Dept of Education's Math Page: https://www.education.ne.gov/math/ (https://www.education.ne.gov/math/)Visit the Eureka Math site: https://greatminds.org/math/eurekamath (https://greatminds.org/math/eurekamath)Visit the Instruction Partners' site: https://instructionpartners.org/ (https://instructionpartners.org/)